My watch tells me Im good to go down to 3900 metres or 12,800feet, I'll let you know if I ever do it:t:
Mechanical watches are less accurate than quartz and are now mainly used as "Bling", to demonstrate how wealthy the wearer is.
That's not the one in your original post is it?
Nonsense.They are slightly less accurate, but represent craftsmanship in engineering.
And you don't have to replace batteries.
I wear my mechanical watch as a piece of male jewellery.
Mechanical watches are less accurate than quartz and are now mainly used as "Bling", to demonstrate how wealthy the wearer is.
I don't do much birdwatching at a depth of 3000M (see above) mainly because my Citizen watch is only water resistant to 300M,so unsure why that feature contributes to the ultimate birdwatching watch.
Many naturalists especially botanists but including birdwatchers can see the advantage of a watch with GPS when compiling their field notes. But in our technological world smartphones are probably more useful.
A nice mechanical Swiss watch makes a great bribe for a policeman / official in "tropical conditions".
Or marks you as a robbery target
Many of your points are not really applicable Robert.
1. A watch in the field doesn't need to be accurate down to the nano second.
2. The more water resistant a watch is, ensures that in hot, tropical or monsoon conditions, it has more chance of surviving. I once wore a cheapo to bird the forests in Malaysia and it filled with condensation within 3 days and then stopped.
3. Smart phones are big and take up space, are easily broken and if you're in the field with no way to recharge, totally useless.
My watch (Raymond Weil) cost me £200 over twenty years ago, it's been all over the World and is still unscratched and going strong, I call that a bargain.
A
All battery powered devices are useless if the battery runs out - my watch uses ambient light to power it. When using my camera I always have a spare fully charged battery naturally.
I
Watching/reading all this banter (some quite vehement) about "mechanical vs. digital/tech" is entertaining, and has made me appreciate how much of a minor miracle it must have been to divorce myself from watching the time so much outside of work. I wish I could be away from the anchor of time more often, but kinda glad I've managed what I have; it's calming.
Y'all should try it.